Record of changes

NESA has added a new footnote to Rule 2.1.2 outlining the types of feedback that may be provided to students for individual HSC assessment tasks (see paragraph 34).

NESA has amended Rule 2.1.1 and Rule 2.1.2 to allow schools flexibility in determining the number, type, and weightings of assessment in each Preliminary and HSC course from 2025.

These changes allow schools to develop assessment schedules to suit their school context. 

Schools can continue to follow NESA’s assessment settings for number, type and weightings in each course, as provided in the course-specific Assessment and Examination information that is released with each syllabus.

Schools must notify NESA through Schools Online if they  use this flexibility in Year 12. This will involve completing an additional checkbox in Schools Online when Year 12 final assessment marks are submitted.

NESA has deleted the following paragraph from Rule: 2.1.1

“Schools must record all malpractice offences in HSC school-based assessment tasks in the Malpractice Register in Schools Online.”

Paragraph references NESA's requirements for HSC school-based assessment tasks and is therefore out of place in the Preliminary course school-based assessment rule.